Table 9
Labour force characteristics by province and economic region,1 three-month moving average ending in February 2024 and February 2025, unadjusted for seasonality
| Population | Labour force | Employment | Unemployment | Participation rate | Unemployment rate | Employment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % | % | % | |
| Canada | |||||||
| 2024 | 33,272.8 | 21,610.5 | 20,355.8 | 1,254.7 | 64.9 | 5.8 | 61.2 |
| 2025 | 34,338.0 | 22,236.0 | 20,760.8 | 1,475.3 | 64.8 | 6.6 | 60.5 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 463.3 | 266.3 | 236.0 | 30.3 | 57.5 | 11.4 | 50.9 |
| 2025 | 469.6 | 265.1 | 234.0 | 31.1 | 56.5 | 11.7 | 49.8 |
| Avalon Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 252.7 | 154.3 | 141.2 | 13.0 | 61.1 | 8.4 | 55.9 |
| 2025 | 258.6 | 155.8 | 141.0 | 14.8 | 60.2 | 9.5 | 54.5 |
| South Coast–Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame–Central–Bonavista Bay | |||||||
| 2024 | 122.8 | 62.3 | 51.5 | 10.8 | 50.7 | 17.3 | 41.9 |
| 2025 | 122.9 | 58.2 | 47.8 | 10.4 | 47.4 | 17.9 | 38.9 |
| West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador | |||||||
| 2024 | 87.8 | 49.7 | 43.2 | 6.5 | 56.6 | 13.1 | 49.2 |
| 2025 | 88.0 | 51.1 | 45.2 | 5.9 | 58.1 | 11.5 | 51.4 |
| Prince Edward Island | |||||||
| 2024 | 148.4 | 96.3 | 87.8 | 8.5 | 64.9 | 8.8 | 59.2 |
| 2025 | 152.5 | 99.3 | 89.6 | 9.7 | 65.1 | 9.8 | 58.8 |
| Nova Scotia | |||||||
| 2024 | 891.1 | 548.3 | 512.9 | 35.4 | 61.5 | 6.5 | 57.6 |
| 2025 | 909.9 | 555.8 | 520.0 | 35.8 | 61.1 | 6.4 | 57.1 |
| Cape Breton | |||||||
| 2024 | 119.3 | 60.2 | 52.9 | 7.3 | 50.5 | 12.1 | 44.3 |
| 2025 | 120.5 | 65.7 | 57.7 | 8.0 | 54.5 | 12.2 | 47.9 |
| North Shore | |||||||
| 2024 | 136.8 | 74.7 | 68.8 | 5.8 | 54.6 | 7.8 | 50.3 |
| 2025 | 137.7 | 78.6 | 72.0 | 6.7 | 57.1 | 8.5 | 52.3 |
| Annapolis Valley | |||||||
| 2024 | 112.0 | 68.3 | 64.7 | 3.6 | 61.0 | 5.3 | 57.8 |
| 2025 | 113.2 | 64.6 | 61.2 | 3.3 | 57.1 | 5.1 | 54.1 |
| Southern | |||||||
| 2024 | 104.9 | 57.2 | 52.6 | 4.6 | 54.5 | 8.0 | 50.1 |
| 2025 | 105.5 | 56.9 | 52.9 | 4.0 | 53.9 | 7.0 | 50.1 |
| Halifax | |||||||
| 2024 | 418.1 | 287.9 | 273.8 | 14.1 | 68.9 | 4.9 | 65.5 |
| 2025 | 433.1 | 290.0 | 276.2 | 13.8 | 67.0 | 4.8 | 63.8 |
| New Brunswick | |||||||
| 2024 | 700.0 | 415.2 | 383.8 | 31.4 | 59.3 | 7.6 | 54.8 |
| 2025 | 717.1 | 423.5 | 390.0 | 33.6 | 59.1 | 7.9 | 54.4 |
| Campbellton–Miramichi | |||||||
| 2024 | 136.9 | 67.0 | 55.9 | 11.1 | 48.9 | 16.6 | 40.8 |
| 2025 | 138.0 | 68.6 | 59.5 | 9.1 | 49.7 | 13.3 | 43.1 |
| Moncton–Richibucto | |||||||
| 2024 | 214.1 | 135.2 | 127.6 | 7.5 | 63.1 | 5.5 | 59.6 |
| 2025 | 222.9 | 141.7 | 133.1 | 8.6 | 63.6 | 6.1 | 59.7 |
| Saint John–St. Stephen | |||||||
| 2024 | 156.1 | 96.3 | 90.5 | 5.9 | 61.7 | 6.1 | 58.0 |
| 2025 | 158.9 | 91.9 | 84.6 | 7.3 | 57.8 | 7.9 | 53.2 |
| Fredericton–Oromocto | |||||||
| 2024 | 126.3 | 79.1 | 75.1 | 3.9 | 62.6 | 4.9 | 59.5 |
| 2025 | 129.7 | 84.0 | 77.4 | 6.6 | 64.8 | 7.9 | 59.7 |
| Edmundston–Woodstock | |||||||
| 2024 | 66.8 | 37.7 | 34.7 | 3.0 | 56.4 | 8.0 | 51.9 |
| 2025 | 67.6 | 37.4 | 35.5 | 1.9 | 55.3 | 5.1 | 52.5 |
| Quebec | |||||||
| 2024 | 7,342.2 | 4,731.4 | 4,491.8 | 239.5 | 64.4 | 5.1 | 61.2 |
| 2025 | 7,533.5 | 4,855.6 | 4,577.0 | 278.6 | 64.5 | 5.7 | 60.8 |
| Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
| 2024 | 78.5 | 36.2 | 31.4 | 4.7 | 46.1 | 13.0 | 40.0 |
| 2025 | 79.0 | 40.9 | 35.3 | 5.6 | 51.8 | 13.7 | 44.7 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | |||||||
| 2024 | 173.4 | 101.4 | 96.0 | 5.4 | 58.5 | 5.3 | 55.4 |
| 2025 | 175.8 | 102.1 | 95.7 | 6.4 | 58.1 | 6.3 | 54.4 |
| Capitale-Nationale | |||||||
| 2024 | 660.4 | 439.4 | 422.0 | 17.3 | 66.5 | 3.9 | 63.9 |
| 2025 | 678.2 | 428.8 | 406.5 | 22.4 | 63.2 | 5.2 | 59.9 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | |||||||
| 2024 | 372.8 | 243.0 | 235.2 | 7.8 | 65.2 | 3.2 | 63.1 |
| 2025 | 379.8 | 249.5 | 240.9 | 8.6 | 65.7 | 3.4 | 63.4 |
| Estrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 297.3 | 179.9 | 171.3 | 8.6 | 60.5 | 4.8 | 57.6 |
| 2025 | 304.5 | 179.8 | 171.4 | 8.4 | 59.0 | 4.7 | 56.3 |
| Centre-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 215.0 | 138.5 | 133.3 | 5.2 | 64.4 | 3.8 | 62.0 |
| 2025 | 219.2 | 138.6 | 129.9 | 8.7 | 63.2 | 6.3 | 59.3 |
| Montérégie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,360.7 | 914.4 | 876.9 | 37.5 | 67.2 | 4.1 | 64.4 |
| 2025 | 1,385.9 | 881.7 | 843.5 | 38.2 | 63.6 | 4.3 | 60.9 |
| Montréal | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,768.9 | 1,148.0 | 1,064.1 | 83.9 | 64.9 | 7.3 | 60.2 |
| 2025 | 1,853.2 | 1,237.8 | 1,140.4 | 97.3 | 66.8 | 7.9 | 61.5 |
| Laval | |||||||
| 2024 | 377.1 | 252.6 | 238.9 | 13.6 | 67.0 | 5.4 | 63.4 |
| 2025 | 384.4 | 264.1 | 245.7 | 18.4 | 68.7 | 7.0 | 63.9 |
| Lanaudière | |||||||
| 2024 | 453.7 | 292.1 | 280.3 | 11.8 | 64.4 | 4.0 | 61.8 |
| 2025 | 462.6 | 307.1 | 291.7 | 15.5 | 66.4 | 5.0 | 63.1 |
| Laurentides | |||||||
| 2024 | 555.2 | 370.3 | 353.4 | 16.9 | 66.7 | 4.6 | 63.7 |
| 2025 | 566.3 | 386.7 | 370.5 | 16.2 | 68.3 | 4.2 | 65.4 |
| Outaouais | |||||||
| 2024 | 345.1 | 229.8 | 219.5 | 10.3 | 66.6 | 4.5 | 63.6 |
| 2025 | 351.2 | 225.6 | 213.1 | 12.5 | 64.2 | 5.5 | 60.7 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |||||||
| 2024 | 120.6 | 76.3 | 74.8 | 1.5 | 63.3 | 2.0 | 62.0 |
| 2025 | 121.3 | 75.4 | 72.5 | 2.8 | 62.2 | 3.7 | 59.8 |
| Mauricie | |||||||
| 2024 | 238.3 | 131.2 | 123.7 | 7.5 | 55.1 | 5.7 | 51.9 |
| 2025 | 243.1 | 142.3 | 133.3 | 9.0 | 58.5 | 6.3 | 54.8 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | |||||||
| 2024 | 236.2 | 130.0 | 125.0 | 5.0 | 55.0 | 3.8 | 52.9 |
| 2025 | 240.1 | 143.1 | 137.1 | 6.0 | 59.6 | 4.2 | 57.1 |
| Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec | |||||||
| 2024 | 88.8 | 48.3 | 46.0 | 2.3 | 54.4 | 4.8 | 51.8 |
| 2025 | 88.9 | 52.1 | 49.4 | 2.6 | 58.6 | 5.0 | 55.6 |
| Ontario | |||||||
| 2024 | 13,187.8 | 8,507.8 | 7,991.4 | 516.3 | 64.5 | 6.1 | 60.6 |
| 2025 | 13,625.1 | 8,803.4 | 8,165.5 | 637.8 | 64.6 | 7.2 | 59.9 |
| Ottawa | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,288.1 | 867.0 | 828.1 | 38.9 | 67.3 | 4.5 | 64.3 |
| 2025 | 1,324.1 | 879.6 | 833.4 | 46.2 | 66.4 | 5.3 | 62.9 |
| Kingston–Pembroke | |||||||
| 2024 | 430.9 | 237.5 | 226.3 | 11.2 | 55.1 | 4.7 | 52.5 |
| 2025 | 440.4 | 252.2 | 236.9 | 15.3 | 57.3 | 6.1 | 53.8 |
| Muskoka–Kawarthas | |||||||
| 2024 | 378.9 | 199.4 | 191.8 | 7.6 | 52.6 | 3.8 | 50.6 |
| 2025 | 388.0 | 204.2 | 190.3 | 14.0 | 52.6 | 6.9 | 49.0 |
| Toronto | |||||||
| 2024 | 6,127.1 | 4,051.4 | 3,782.8 | 268.6 | 66.1 | 6.6 | 61.7 |
| 2025 | 6,361.9 | 4,240.5 | 3,892.4 | 348.2 | 66.7 | 8.2 | 61.2 |
| Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,343.5 | 921.7 | 867.4 | 54.3 | 68.6 | 5.9 | 64.6 |
| 2025 | 1,394.8 | 955.2 | 888.8 | 66.4 | 68.5 | 7.0 | 63.7 |
| Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,374.1 | 866.7 | 811.4 | 55.2 | 63.1 | 6.4 | 59.0 |
| 2025 | 1,411.3 | 865.1 | 807.2 | 58.0 | 61.3 | 6.7 | 57.2 |
| London | |||||||
| 2024 | 667.9 | 435.3 | 411.7 | 23.6 | 65.2 | 5.4 | 61.6 |
| 2025 | 692.1 | 443.7 | 418.6 | 25.1 | 64.1 | 5.7 | 60.5 |
| Windsor–Sarnia | |||||||
| 2024 | 604.6 | 366.0 | 340.5 | 25.4 | 60.5 | 6.9 | 56.3 |
| 2025 | 621.7 | 384.3 | 350.6 | 33.7 | 61.8 | 8.8 | 56.4 |
| Stratford–Bruce Peninsula | |||||||
| 2024 | 285.8 | 168.3 | 160.8 | 7.6 | 58.9 | 4.5 | 56.3 |
| 2025 | 291.5 | 178.0 | 167.4 | 10.6 | 61.1 | 6.0 | 57.4 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 504.0 | 285.7 | 266.7 | 19.0 | 56.7 | 6.7 | 52.9 |
| 2025 | 514.7 | 291.8 | 276.9 | 14.9 | 56.7 | 5.1 | 53.8 |
| Northwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 182.9 | 108.8 | 103.9 | 4.9 | 59.5 | 4.5 | 56.8 |
| 2025 | 184.7 | 108.7 | 103.0 | 5.6 | 58.9 | 5.2 | 55.8 |
| Manitoba | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,127.7 | 744.8 | 713.1 | 31.7 | 66.0 | 4.3 | 63.2 |
| 2025 | 1,164.9 | 770.1 | 724.2 | 45.9 | 66.1 | 6.0 | 62.2 |
| Southeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 109.4 | 76.3 | 72.1 | 4.2 | 69.7 | 5.5 | 65.9 |
| 2025 | 112.9 | 77.9 | 74.9 | 3.0 | 69.0 | 3.9 | 66.3 |
| South Central and North Central | |||||||
| 2024 | 94.9 | 64.7 | 62.1 | 2.6 | 68.2 | 4.0 | 65.4 |
| 2025 | 97.4 | 63.3 | 59.6 | 3.7 | 65.0 | 5.8 | 61.2 |
| Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 97.1 | 60.2 | 57.2 | 3.0 | 62.0 | 5.0 | 58.9 |
| 2025 | 99.3 | 65.5 | 62.4 | 3.1 | 66.0 | 4.7 | 62.8 |
| Winnipeg | |||||||
| 2024 | 688.0 | 459.3 | 441.4 | 17.9 | 66.8 | 3.9 | 64.2 |
| 2025 | 715.6 | 481.7 | 452.4 | 29.3 | 67.3 | 6.1 | 63.2 |
| Interlake | |||||||
| 2024 | 82.3 | 50.2 | 47.8 | 2.4 | 61.0 | 4.8 | 58.1 |
| 2025 | 83.9 | 48.2 | 45.3 | 2.9 | 57.4 | 6.0 | 54.0 |
| Parklands and North | |||||||
| 2024 | 56.0 | 34.1 | 32.6 | 1.5 | 60.9 | 4.4 | 58.2 |
| 2025 | 55.8 | 33.4 | 29.6 | 3.9 | 59.9 | 11.7 | 53.0 |
| Saskatchewan | |||||||
| 2024 | 931.4 | 622.7 | 591.8 | 30.8 | 66.9 | 4.9 | 63.5 |
| 2025 | 958.1 | 635.2 | 601.4 | 33.8 | 66.3 | 5.3 | 62.8 |
| Regina–Moose Mountain | |||||||
| 2024 | 283.6 | 189.6 | 179.0 | 10.5 | 66.9 | 5.5 | 63.1 |
| 2025 | 292.7 | 199.0 | 186.6 | 12.3 | 68.0 | 6.2 | 63.8 |
| Swift Current–Moose Jaw | |||||||
| 2024 | 85.5 | 54.1 | 51.6 | 2.5 | 63.3 | 4.6 | 60.4 |
| 2025 | 86.9 | 55.9 | 52.6 | 3.2 | 64.3 | 5.7 | 60.5 |
| Saskatoon–Biggar | |||||||
| 2024 | 330.9 | 231.8 | 220.8 | 11.0 | 70.1 | 4.7 | 66.7 |
| 2025 | 344.3 | 233.4 | 223.7 | 9.7 | 67.8 | 4.2 | 65.0 |
| Yorkton–Melville | |||||||
| 2024 | 65.0 | 42.3 | 40.1 | 2.1 | 65.1 | 5.0 | 61.7 |
| 2025 | 65.4 | 38.8 | 37.1 | 1.7 | 59.3 | 4.4 | 56.7 |
| Prince Albert and Northern | |||||||
| 2024 | 166.4 | 104.9 | 100.3 | 4.7 | 63.0 | 4.5 | 60.3 |
| 2025 | 168.7 | 108.2 | 101.4 | 6.8 | 64.1 | 6.3 | 60.1 |
| Alberta | |||||||
| 2024 | 3,827.5 | 2,635.5 | 2,467.3 | 168.2 | 68.9 | 6.4 | 64.5 |
| 2025 | 4,001.7 | 2,734.1 | 2,547.1 | 187.0 | 68.3 | 6.8 | 63.7 |
| Lethbridge–Medicine Hat | |||||||
| 2024 | 254.5 | 172.1 | 157.8 | 14.3 | 67.6 | 8.3 | 62.0 |
| 2025 | 262.3 | 163.5 | 154.5 | 8.9 | 62.3 | 5.4 | 58.9 |
| Camrose–Drumheller | |||||||
| 2024 | 168.3 | 107.6 | 102.5 | 5.1 | 63.9 | 4.7 | 60.9 |
| 2025 | 171.6 | 117.2 | 110.3 | 6.8 | 68.3 | 5.8 | 64.3 |
| Calgary | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,503.9 | 1,038.1 | 973.6 | 64.5 | 69.0 | 6.2 | 64.7 |
| 2025 | 1,592.4 | 1,117.1 | 1,036.8 | 80.3 | 70.2 | 7.2 | 65.1 |
| Banff–Jasper–Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca–Grande Prairie–Peace River | |||||||
| 2024 | 283.8 | 209.3 | 199.5 | 9.8 | 73.7 | 4.7 | 70.3 |
| 2025 | 288.7 | 200.8 | 191.5 | 9.3 | 69.6 | 4.6 | 66.3 |
| Red Deer | |||||||
| 2024 | 183.9 | 124.5 | 116.0 | 8.5 | 67.7 | 6.8 | 63.1 |
| 2025 | 189.7 | 124.4 | 115.1 | 9.3 | 65.6 | 7.5 | 60.7 |
| Edmonton | |||||||
| 2024 | 1,321.3 | 902.6 | 840.6 | 62.1 | 68.3 | 6.9 | 63.6 |
| 2025 | 1,383.4 | 930.9 | 862.9 | 68.0 | 67.3 | 7.3 | 62.4 |
| Wood Buffalo–Cold Lake | |||||||
| 2024 | 111.7 | 81.3 | 77.4 | 3.9 | 72.8 | 4.8 | 69.3 |
| 2025 | 113.5 | 80.2 | 75.9 | 4.3 | 70.7 | 5.4 | 66.9 |
| British Columbia | |||||||
| 2024 | 4,653.3 | 3,042.4 | 2,879.9 | 162.5 | 65.4 | 5.3 | 61.9 |
| 2025 | 4,805.7 | 3,093.9 | 2,911.9 | 182.0 | 64.4 | 5.9 | 60.6 |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | |||||||
| 2024 | 787.5 | 476.8 | 456.6 | 20.2 | 60.5 | 4.2 | 58.0 |
| 2025 | 803.2 | 492.4 | 471.1 | 21.3 | 61.3 | 4.3 | 58.7 |
| Lower Mainland–Southwest | |||||||
| 2024 | 2,918.6 | 1,984.2 | 1,878.2 | 106.0 | 68.0 | 5.3 | 64.4 |
| 2025 | 3,038.1 | 2,035.9 | 1,907.3 | 128.6 | 67.0 | 6.3 | 62.8 |
| Thompson–Okanagan | |||||||
| 2024 | 537.1 | 309.8 | 291.2 | 18.6 | 57.7 | 6.0 | 54.2 |
| 2025 | 550.1 | 312.1 | 294.3 | 17.8 | 56.7 | 5.7 | 53.5 |
| Kootenay | |||||||
| 2024 | 147.2 | 94.4 | 87.9 | 6.5 | 64.1 | 6.9 | 59.7 |
| 2025 | 149.5 | 83.7 | 80.0 | 3.7 | 56.0 | 4.4 | 53.5 |
| Cariboo | |||||||
| 2024 | 139.8 | 89.4 | 83.5 | 5.9 | 63.9 | 6.6 | 59.7 |
| 2025 | 141.1 | 86.6 | 80.3 | 6.3 | 61.4 | 7.3 | 56.9 |
| North Coast and Nechako | |||||||
| 2024 | 69.5 | 49.1 | 46.1 | 3.0 | 70.6 | 6.1 | 66.3 |
| 2025 | 69.7 | 44.4 | 42.5 | 1.9 | 63.7 | 4.3 | 61.0 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| 2024 | 53.6 | 38.8 | 36.5 | 2.3 | 72.4 | 5.9 | 68.1 |
| 2025 | 54.0 | 38.8 | 36.4 | 2.4 | 71.9 | 6.2 | 67.4 |
Source(s):
Table 14-10-0462-02.
Table note 1
For geographic descriptions of economic regions, refer to the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G).
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